5‑44 Information and declarations relati5‑44 Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed fish or fish products

5‑44 Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed fish or fish products

(1) If a consignment of prescribed fish or fish products is transferred from a registered establishment (the transferring establishment) to another registered establishment (the receiving establishment), the following information and declarations must be given to the occupier of the receiving establishment: (a) a full description of the fish or fish products; (b) information about storage conditions for the fish or fish products; (c) the name, address and registration number of the transferring establishment; (d) the quantity of fish or fish products in the consignment; (e) if the fish or fish products are in packages—the number and kind of packages; (f) the name, address and registration number of the receiving establishment; (g) if operations to prepare the fish or fish products were carried out to meet importing country requirements of one or more countries—the name of each country; (h) if the consignment contains fish or fish products that are transferred in cans without labels or are fish or fish products that have been bulk‑loaded into container system units—any other information referred to in subsection 5‑35(3); (i) if the consignment contains shellfish for export as food: (i) the name of the harvester of the shellfish; and (ii) the harvesting area and the unique lease number given to the harvester by the State or Territory authority responsible for regulating the growing and harvesting of the shellfish; and (iii) the date of the harvest; (j) a declaration stating that, at the date the declaration is made: (i) the prescribed export conditions, and any other conditions that apply in relation to the fish or fish products under the Act, have been complied with; and (ii) importing country requirements relating to the fish or fish products have been met; (k) a declaration stating that all of the information given in relation to the consignment is true and complete.

Note: See subsections (3) and (4) for matters relating to the declarations referred to in paragraphs (j) and (k) of this subsection.

(2) The information and declarations in relation to a consignment required to be given to the occupier of the receiving establishment under subsection (1) must: (a) be in writing; and (b) either: (i) be given to the occupier when the consignment leaves the transferring establishment; or (ii) accompany the consignment when it arrives at the receiving establishment.

Note 1: Electronic message formats should be compliant with the United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UNEDIFACT). These Rules could in 2021 be viewed on the website of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (https://www.unece.org).